This kind of thing like a night attack is actually a technical job. No one is a fool, unguarded for no reason, waiting to make meritorious deeds for others. Especially when the army is besieging the city and the momentum is at its peak, fools will repeatedly strengthen their defenses, and they will definitely not give people a chance to take advantage of it. Not to mention that so many incoming soldiers are within ten miles, and there is no alert movement, how can it not look normal, so Liu Biao suddenly proposed to Cai Mao to attack the Xuzhou military camp at night, although he was very tempted, but at first he wanted to refuse.

But Cai Mao's words made Liu Biao have some different ideas. People say that wealth and wealth are in danger, and from another point of view, this is also very applicable to Liu Xian's situation. Even if he is now in a very embarrassing situation, it is an indisputable fact that he has an army of 60,000 in his hands. These 60,000 troops, regardless of their combat strength, are a force to be reckoned with in any battle. If you want to deal with 60,000 people with 20,000 people, you also have to beware of the very likely ensuing flank attack in the city, which cannot be easily defeated by being strong alone. Taking a step back, this is outside Xiangyang City, even if the other party has been prepared, it is inevitable that it will be hasty, as long as they are properly deployed, and the other party is lone and deep, even if the ambush strategy is successful, it will also have to pay a considerable price. After all, the big base is placed here, and none of the advantages of the right time, place and people are owned by the other party. Just as Cai Mao said, firstly, the soldiers' hearts can be used, and they can use these people to divert the discontent that has been born in the army, and secondly, they can fight near the city, facing the "invaders" who have been besieging the city for nearly ten days, which is enough to mobilize the hearts of these Jingxiang soldiers to defend the territory. It is highly likely that you will get twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, although Cai Mao's remarks are risky, they are actually the fastest solution.

Of course, there is one more important reason. It's something that even Liu Biao himself doesn't want to mention. It is not so much that Liu Biao himself has gathered more than 60,000 troops who have obviously done useless work, but more than 60,000 mouths that have been hungry for nearly three days. In addition to Jiangling, Changsha, Xiangyang and other counties, Jingxiang did not have a high yield of military rations in other provinces, otherwise it would not have been the idea of Yuzhang, which is known as the granary of Jiangdong. The 100,000 troops that Liu Biao has accumulated in the past few years have actually reached the limit that Jingxiang Land can bear. There is simply no way to recruit troops to prepare for war. Liu Biao himself also knew that if the 100,000 troops were only used to defend the land, it would be more than enough, and they would have the advantage of the waterways in Jingzhou. In addition, the naval army with the title of the overlord of the great river is in charge, even if there is a military force of 150,000 or even 200,000 troops, it is not a matter of worry. But if you use these forces to dominate the world. But it's far from enough. The princes who are a little famous in these years, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan, and even the Yuan family forces who have lost power, or Liu Bei, who is under the fence but has great ambitions. There are also 30,000 or 40,000 troops on hand. Not to mention powerful princes such as Lu Bu, who controlled the three states, and Cao Cao, who spanned the five states, with more than 100,000 armor. It is true that Liu Biao wants to covet the supreme chair in the world, but madness is not the same as a fool, and the gap between them can still be seen. I also saw that the main force of Lu Bu's army was dragged in the strange circle of Hebei by Cao Cao's envoys, and was glued by Gongsun Zhan, the Yuan brothers and Liu Bei, who had the idea of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and dared to gather troops from all over the state, but only wanted the two counties in Jiangdong.

Now it seems that things have failed. First of all, Huang Zu was defeated, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. No matter how loud the noise in Yuzhang County is, in fact, it has not been defeated, and now even the old nest is surrounded by Xuzhou soldiers who seem to have fallen from the sky. But it also made Liu Biao sober up a lot, although he still didn't give up on that honorable position, and he was a little unconvinced, but he also saw the gap between him and Lu Bu's army, at least in the war, he fought with Lu Bu's army in a dignified manner, and the fact that his army didn't seem to have much advantage from it, Liu Biao already understood. Lu Bu's army is powerful, and he can't compete with it, since everything that can be provoked or can't be provoked has already been provoked, no matter what, there is no turning back. If there is such a good "opportunity" at present, and no longer use it to reassure the army, Liu Biao can almost "foresee" that if he really wins the country and is disobeyed by Lu Bu, Cao Cao and others and goes to war in the future, if the soldiers of the self-army are against the soldiers of the Lu Bu army, even if they do not flee from the wind, their self-confidence will be greatly affected.

Therefore, even if you know that the other party is very likely to be prepared, you have to take a gamble. Fortunately, what made Liu Biao feel a lot more at ease was that when he appealed to the civil and military forces of the army, most of the generals were Cai Mao's subordinates, not to mention the Jingzhou ministers headed by Kuai Yue, but they did not object after frowning and being silent for a long time. Although I don't know why Kuai Yue, who was still preoccupied before, was silent, but the time was urgent, Liu Biao hesitated for a moment, and he didn't pay too much attention to it.

I was starved for three days, and I ran nearly sixty miles on an empty stomach, and I only ate that little thing at noon and it was long gone. Even if he is loyal to Liu Biao again, he also has a dream of earning the dragon's work, and it is inevitable that there will be some complaints at this moment. Therefore, when Cai Mao took Liu Biao's warrant and ordered all the generals to rectify the military situation, the resistance encountered was really not small.

Cai Mao was not stupid enough to say that he had done this by himself, and seeing that there were not a few generals who were in a bad mood, he also put on a posture that he had to act according to orders, and pushed all the sources on Liu Biao's head. After all, Liu Biao is the master of an army, and this time it is a battle to relieve the siege of Xiangyang, seeing that Cai Mao raised Liu Biao's name, and there is a warrant signed by Liu Biao himself, even if there are complaints, he can only endure it. Fortunately, Cai Mao patted his chest and promised to treat the other party with only 20,000 people, if he was lucky, he could only charge once, and he would be able to achieve all the success, and after returning to Xiangyang City, he would definitely report to Liu Biao, kill pigs and sheep and reward the three armies, so that he could barely suppress everyone's dissatisfaction. One by one, the lazy knives got up and lined up, thanked Cai Mao, and looked at the place where Liu Biao was in the rear, but it seemed that there was something less than before, and the corners of Cai Mao's mouth were slightly upturned, but he didn't see it.

60,000 troops, especially in the case of reluctance, efficiency is simply nonsense, under the urging of the generals of the various departments, it took nearly an hour to be able to sort out the vanguard troops, this is still a general to see that the soldiers under his command are really hungry and tired, with the Xuzhou barracks at the moment is the meal, must have prepared fragrant food as an incentive, only to barely make the soldiers and horses who can't listen to a food word have a little spirit. This kind of work as if the whole army is not working, Liu Biao is also helpless after learning about it, and wants to give orders to urge several times, but he is afraid that the people of the headquarters who are already unstable will mutini because of a bite of food, for the sake of the overall situation, he can only endure it, and order all the departments and departments to restrain the soldiers and horses of the headquarters over and over again.

Tossed until almost midnight, seeing that the lights in the Xuzhou barracks were a lot dimmed, it was considered to be fully prepared, divided into three echelons, led by Cai Mao, Cai Zhong and Liu Biao headquarters, agreed to set off in a quarter of an hour, and when approaching the Xuzhou barracks, with the drum as the number, it was divided into three sides to kill together. In this way, even if the Xuzhou soldiers ambushed the men in the battalion, they would be succeeded by Liu Biaojun because they could not care about each other. Cai Mao and Cai Zhong are very respectful of Liu Biao's "perfect" strategy, and the flattery of Liu Biao's arrangement is simply seamless, even if the commander of the Xuzhou army guesses the deployment of our army, he will be helpless because of the absolute superiority of his army in numbers. Liu Biao, who listened to it, was simply full of confidence. This has not yet moved the troops, and a few points have flashed in my heart If this victory is achieved, how to appease the soldiers, and then make a detailed plan for Jiangdong.

"The last general and others wish the Lord a victory!" When the appointed time came, Cai Mao and Cai Zhong glanced at each other, and suddenly said to Liu Biao in unison.

"You two have to be careful, too! Although our army has an absolute advantage, it must not be taken lightly! I don't know why, the actions of the two Cai brothers suddenly flashed a little strange in Liu Biao's heart, but now that the expedition is imminent, these two people each led nearly 20,000 auxiliary attacks, and they looked very considerate of themselves, Liu Biao also attributed the emotions in his heart to the fact that the war was approaching, and he didn't think much about it, and comforted the two of them and said.

"Take care! The last general is gone! Seeing Liu Biao's gentle voice comforting, the faces of the two Cai brothers flashed a little unnatural look, but they no longer spoke, and deeply slammed Liu Biao to the ground, and then turned his head and walked, quite a bit of wind and cold, but it was also very consistent with the current scene, but let Liu Biao look at the backs of the two, nodded deeply, and then looked around at the soldiers who did not even hide the reluctant look on their faces, and there was a feeling that at the critical moment, or their relatives could be relied on.

The April day in Jingzhou is far less than the spring flavor in the Central Plains. Xiangyang is facing the river again, and the gusts of wind are blowing, with a sense of dampness and coldness. Liu Biaojun's soldiers didn't wear much because of this expedition to the south, and they were filled by the light breeze in the night, all shrunk their bodies and folded their sleeves, and marched forward in small steps.

This time, because the target is in Danyang and Yuzhang County, it is either a waterway or a mountain road, so Liu Biao's department and the previous Cai Zhong's department are all foot soldiers, and the whole army is full of less than 1,000 horses. Seeing that the speed of the march was too slow, if it continued like this, even if it was to wait for the Xuzhou soldiers to transfer all the soldiers besieging the city back to fight with Liu Biao's army, there would be plenty of time. Liu Biao, who was a little anxious, saw that the soldiers who were already exhausted had no way to do it after several urgings, so he had no choice but to march at the speed of these people and send the cavalry of the personal guards to and fro for the purpose of supervising the battle. That's it, the distance is less than ten miles, and it took a little half an hour to arrive, and there are a lot of people left behind in the middle. Looking at the appearance of the soldiers of this army, Liu Biao almost felt like he was about to vomit blood, but he didn't know what tricks the Xuzhou soldiers were playing, and he didn't show up in the camp until now. Otherwise, with the loose military discipline of Liu Biaojun's headquarters, it is not said that only a thousand-person charge is needed, which is enough for Liu Biaojun's headquarters to drink a pot.

"Lord, something is wrong!" …… (To be continued......)